It seems the blogs are on fire debating whether or not Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a racist based on the comments she made during a lecture at the University of California-Berkeley.
Referring to former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's saying that "a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases," Sotomayor said, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."
I'll be honest, I don't think this overtly problematic world view matters. America elected a President who, after spending 20 years under a racist pastor, referred to his own grandmother during the campaign as a "typical white person." So let's just admit that when you're a Democrat displaying racial sensitivity is about as important as actually paying your taxes. Debate over because it's never going to matter.
And while we're at it, let's forget that Sotomayor endorsed judicial activism by telling Duke students to consider clerkships on the appeals courts because "the Court of Appeals is where policy is made. And I know - I know this is on tape, and I should never say that because we don't make law. I know." Forget about that because in liberal eyes the judicial branch makes the law relevant so it is within their scope to ignore the separation of powers. It's never going to matter.
What bothers me is the fact that
60% of Sotomayor's decisions have been overturned by a higher court. Yowza. Placing a 40% success rate on the highest court in the land is like dusting off the Betamax because you're sure people are making a mistake with all this new media jibber jabber.
But ask yourself how you feel about a judge who has 60% of her decisions overturned being placed in a position of power where nobody can check her balance. Is this the kind of legal mind we want deciding the country's most important issues?
SIDENOTE: I wonder if Sotomayor has paid all of he back taxes. If so, why is Obama even considering her?
The ACLU is demanding to know where Barack Obama gets the legal authority to launch unmanned drone missiles at terrorists in Pakistan. For his legal defense Obama may call to the stand victims from 9/11, the embassy bombings, the 8 CIA agents recently killed in Afghanistan . . . oh, wait, he can't call them to the stand because they were murdered . . . by terrorists.
